The International Football Association, in cooperation with the IFAB Council, has approved some amendments to the Laws of the Game for the 2022-2023 football season, 6th month and effective from the 7th month of each year. Let’s now take a look at the book “Football Law 2022-2023” on the major amendments to the materials of the game, which we will review together in several issues.

Article one:

Playing field (unchanged)

second item:

Ball (no modification)

Article three:

players

It was officially and finally allowed to make five substitutions during the match in three periods, to stop the game twice in a row.

If the team did not use all the substitutions allowed to it in the original time, and the match went to extra periods, the remaining number of substitutions is considered from the share of the team and leaves with it for extra periods, and in overtime a new substitution and new time is added for each team for replacement, if it is provided for by the rules of the competition.

In international matches of category A teams (men and women), 15 substitutes can be registered in the application for the match.

Fourth article:

Equipment of players (without modifications)

Article five:

Verdict (no change)

Article six:

Other lines (no change)

Article seven:

Match duration (no change):

Article eight:

Start and restart a match

It was emphasized that at the beginning of the match the referee had to toss a coin and the winning team could choose the ball or goal against which to attack.

Article nine:

The ball is inside and outside the game (without modification).